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'''''[[Dust: An Elysian Tail''']]'' is an upcoming indie, side-scrolling action RPG game by Dean Dodril (a.k.a. NoogyToad) and Humble Hearts for the [[Xbox 360]]. It stars a titular protagonist, [[Amnesiac Hero|who has no recollection of his memories]] and sets out on an adventure with his [[Fairy Companion|fairy side-kick]] Fidget and the [[Cool Sword|ancient sword Ahrah]] in hand to find the answers he's looking for while helping an oppressed village in need of a hero.
 
The game was first planned as an Xbox Live Indie Games title during its early developmental stages, although after the submission of the game at Mircosoft[[Microsoft]]'s Dream.Build.Play contest at PAX East of 2009, Dean Dodril won the grand prize of a contract with Microsoft to release the game as an [[Xbox Live Arcade]] title at the event.
 
''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is also part of a series set within the <nowiki>''An</nowiki>s Elysianstory Tail''is universe;based The series currently consist of this game andon an animated film titled ''Elysian Tail'' that is also currently in production. Although there has been no word of an official release date, but according to Dean Dodril, ''Dust: An Elysian Tail'' is expected for a <s>2011</s> summeron 2012indefinite releasehold.
 
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=== The beautiful yet dangerous world of Falana is a site of the following tropes: ===
 
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* [[Amnesiac Hero]]: Dust.
* [[Combos]]: Naturally, although players are free to mash their way to victory and enjoy the story rather fight with finese.
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* [[Fairy Companion]]: Fidget, to Dust.
* [[Homage]]: Of the developer's favorite side-scrolling action games.
* [[Metroidvania]]: The game consists of a couple of reasonably large maps with hidden secrets to find, and places that you need to return to once you have more abilities.
* [[Petting Zoo People]]
* [[Quest for Identity]]: One of the driving factors of the story.
* [[Metroidvania]]
* [[Quest for Identity]]
* [[Scenery Porn]]: This game is up to par with [[Vanillaware]] in terms of beatifully detailed and hand-drawn scenary.
* [[Sidequest]]
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